Same-Sex Celebrity Snogging

The quintessential Hollywood kiss used to involve a man, a woman, a sunset and a full-piece orchestra. It took Britney and Madonna sucking face at the VMAs for us to realize that the classic kiss has had a makeover. The new trend toward same sex kissing has inspired us to compile a prurient little list of our very favorite same-sex kisses.

1) Calista Flockhart and Lucy Liu on "Ally McBeal." No, they were not lesbian or bisexual, but they did manage an overt demonstration of the power this tiny little act can have over the lesser sex if performed in the right way at a bar.
2) Jack and Will on "Will & Grace." When Will locked lips with Jack on a fictional episode of the "Today Show," the whole world watched. While this act seems a little weak in face of the usual "Will & Grace" stunts, it nevertheless garnered applause from "Will & Grace" fans of all orientations.
3) Antonio Banderas and Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire. OK, so maybe they didn't exactly swap the spit, but it was totally suggested, and we're all for watching either of these beautiful men do pretty much anything.
4) Winona Ryder and Jennifer Aniston/Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow on "Friends." Wow! Mrs. Pitt gets around. It was funny, sexy and involved "Friends." And to see Winona Ryder steal a kiss, instead of an outfit? Enough said.

Of course the whole same-sex kiss genre can provide us with some truly ghastly situations that we are still trying to forget. Just in case you have managed to block these images let us refresh your memory.

1) Roseanne Barr and Mariel Hemingway on "Roseanne." Funny that this happened way back when in 1994. Nine years later watching Roseanne kiss anyone is still as nauseating as it was then.
2) Bob Hoskins and Roger Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? We have an old straight guy unsuccessfully trying to fight off the advances of a cartoon nymphomaniac rabbit for the better part of what would have been a perfectly good movie. The lesson? Same sex inter-species kisses just don't work.
3) Anna Nicole Smith and Kimmy on "The Anna Nicole Smith Show." Anna is past her prime, and when she is not fondling that incredibly annoying dog she is trying to boost the ratings on her shock-umentary by kissing her purple-haired, dubiously gendered "assistant" Kimmy. This isn't really a reality show--it's birth control.
4) Bill & Hillary. I think it was a marvelous step to have a same sex couple in the White House for two terms. But wait... I'm pretty sure we never saw them kiss, which is probably a good thing as we're all still recovering from the nightmare that was Al and Tipper going at it during the 2000 convention.

The truth is that same-sex kissing can be just as sexy or just as revolting as a more conventional kiss. Whether you're kissing the love of your life or "just a friend," it's the affection behind it that separates a real kiss from tonsil-hockey or frat-boy porn.